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Polio vaccination must intensify until the last child is reached and fully protected
Since the re-emergence of polio in the Philippines was announced by the Department of Health (DOH) in September 2019, the synchronized polio vaccination campaigns rolled out from N ...
#VaccinesWork: 488,000 vulnerable children of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi to receive additional protection from polio
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continue their support to the Department of Health (DOH) in the remote islands of Basilan, Sulu and ...
Investment in noncommunicable diseases prevention and control will save lives and contribute to the Philippines saving up to 4.8% of annual GDP
The Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Preventio ...
Revisiting Junaisa, a little girl with polio
Three-year-old Junaisa is the first polio case in the Philippines after almost two decades. Her parents Haimer and Salma shared their story when we visited them in Lanao del Sur la ...
WHO support to interrupt polio transmission in the Philippines
Since the announcement of the polio outbreak on 16 September 2019, WHO has been working with the Department of Health (DOH), and members of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative ...
20 health tips for 2020
The start of a new decade brings with it new resolutions to improve one’s life, including a healthier you. Here are 20 practical health tips to help you start off towards a healthy ...
Polio and an opportunity to strengthen UHC
Yesterday was World Polio Day. Other countries may reflect on polio as a thing of the past, but in the Philippines, we are concerned to see its recent reemergence. The terrible new ...
PH must act to eliminate hepatitis
Chances are someone in your family is infected with hepatitis virus, but might not be aware of it. In the Philippines, around one in 10 people have chronic hepatitis B, and six in ...
Food safety is everybody’s responsibility
Everyone has the right to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Still today, almost one in 10 people in the world fall ill, and 420,000 die after eating contaminated food. When foo ...
Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe
WHO Representative in the Philippines
WHO hosts dialogue on climate change and health
The World Health Organization (WHO) Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region hosted a dialogue with residents of Seoul, including students of th ...
Region’s leaders discuss need to protect health in relation to climate change and the environment
The seventieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific concluded today after discussions on climate change and environmental health.
Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control
Health leaders at the seventieth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific today endorsed action plans to fight antimicrobial resist ...
Regional action to protect children from harmful impact of food marketing and promote healthy ageing
Health ministers from across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today endorsed an action plan to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing ...
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